Steve92307
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Hi guys. I'm new to the forum and just pickup the car the other day. I need help identifying what it is and which class it may have raced in. Thanks!
Thanks! If you need more pictures let me know.A little modified, but I may know exactly what chassis that is. Hang tight a little bit while I dig up some info.
In NORRA that would be the "Legends era". I would add some more tubing to the chassis in a few spots and you should be good to go, as long as their is no hidden rust in the chassis
I would like to be able to enter some races down here in socal. I'm not trying to be super competitive, just simply have some fun because I have always had a love for racing.What are your plans for this car?
Where would you add tubing?In NORRA that would be the "Legends era". I would add some more tubing to the chassis in a few spots and you should be good to go, as long as their is no hidden rust in the chassis.
Where would you add tubing?
Ok, it has tubing that goes around and underneath the engine. It's just not on the car right now.To be Score legal I think the A pillar needs to continue down to the floor rail. The A down there does not fly. An X brace over the footwell would really cut down on the front end flex. Some more tubing to protect the engine would be nice also.
So i sent a message over to these guys on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/Vintage-Off-Road-Racing-Vehicles-For-Sale-253473822256097/A post is fine as it is for a Vintage entry. That's about how the cars were built back then and the cages were fine. The X or V in front is probably cut out.
Ok, thanks I appreciate it!! I take a few more photos that show a bit more details of the frame.Every funco and hijumper of that era has the lacing between upper and lower frame rails done that way. Yes, you are missing the supports from the bottom of the A post to the beam, but I will bet you it was cut out. And can easily go back in. I have a picture of the frame I believe is the same as yours, I have to get to a scanner. It was sold as a race chassis back about 1973.
Steve, that was me. I should have said that with the tubing missing (x bracing) above the foot and leg area, along with a few more supports down the side, “I believe” it not to be a race chassis. I have been wrong before and if anyone knows old buggy chassis’s better than me it’s Bro Gil. Good luck with the car, looks like fun.So i sent a message over to these guys on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/Vintage-Off-Road-Racing-Vehicles-For-Sale-253473822256097/
Got a response back and they said it was not an early race car because of the A pillar and X missing. I'm kinda at a loss knowing that's true, I was hoping to race this thing. Any suggestions? Can it be easy made raceable? Or should I just look for something else?
Lol, sorry man. Had no idea, wasn't trying to throw you under the bus or anything. Sorry about that. I'm posting some more pics of the car nowSteve, that was me. I should have said that with the tubing missing (x bracing) above the foot and leg area, along with a few more supports down the side, “I believe” it not to be a race chassis. I have been wrong before and if anyone knows old buggy chassis’s better than me it’s Bro Gil. Good luck with the car, looks like fun.
No worries at all, I just wanted to clarify my response to you because it could have been misconstrued. Last thing I’d want you to think is that it couldn’t have been a race car when it absolutely could have.Lol, sorry man. Had no idea, wasn't trying to throw you under the bus or anything. Sorry about that. I'm posting some more pics of the car now